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Damage Calculator

For The Legend of Zelda on the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES).

Every weapon has a strength and every enemy has hit points. A hit takes the weapon's strength off the enemy's hit points, and the enemy is beaten when they run out. Some enemies shut certain weapons out, and a few follow rules of their own, listed at the bottom of the page. Pick an enemy to see only that one.

Enemy

Enemies

Blue Lynel

6 hit points

Hits to beat it

Hearts lost per touch

No ring	Blue Ring	Red Ring
2	1	0.5

Red Lynel

4 hit points

Hits to beat it

Hearts lost per touch

No ring	Blue Ring	Red Ring
1	0.5	0.25

Blue Moblin

3 hit points

Hits to beat it

Hearts lost per touch

No ring	Blue Ring	Red Ring
0.5	0.25	0.125

Red Moblin

2 hit points

Hits to beat it

Hearts lost per touch

No ring	Blue Ring	Red Ring
0.5	0.25	0.125

Blue Goriya

5 hit points

Hits to beat it

Hearts lost per touch

No ring	Blue Ring	Red Ring
1	0.5	0.25

Red Goriya

3 hit points

Hits to beat it

Hearts lost per touch

No ring	Blue Ring	Red Ring
0.5	0.25	0.125

Red Octorok

1 hit points

Hits to beat it

Hearts lost per touch

No ring	Blue Ring	Red Ring
0.5	0.25	0.125

Blue Octorok

2 hit points

Hits to beat it

Hearts lost per touch

No ring	Blue Ring	Red Ring
0.5	0.25	0.125

Red Darknut

4 hit points

Hits to beat it

Its shield blocks hits from the front. Hit it from the side or from behind.

Hearts lost per touch

No ring	Blue Ring	Red Ring
1	0.5	0.25

Blue Darknut

8 hit points

Hits to beat it

Its shield blocks hits from the front. Hit it from the side or from behind.

Hearts lost per touch

No ring	Blue Ring	Red Ring
2	1	0.5

Blue Tektite

1 hit points

Hits to beat it

Hearts lost per touch

No ring	Blue Ring	Red Ring
0.5	0.25	0.125

Red Tektite

1 hit points

Hits to beat it

Hearts lost per touch

No ring	Blue Ring	Red Ring
0.5	0.25	0.125

Blue Leever

4 hit points

Hits to beat it

Hearts lost per touch

No ring	Blue Ring	Red Ring
1	0.5	0.25

Red Leever

2 hit points

Hits to beat it

Hearts lost per touch

No ring	Blue Ring	Red Ring
0.5	0.25	0.125

Zora

2 hit points

Hits to beat it

Hearts lost per touch

No ring	Blue Ring	Red Ring
0.5	0.25	0.125

Vire

4 hit points

Hits to beat it

Hearts lost per touch

No ring	Blue Ring	Red Ring
1	0.5	0.25

Zol

2 hit points

Hits to beat it

Hearts lost per touch

No ring	Blue Ring	Red Ring
1	0.5	0.25

Gel

0 hit points

Hits to beat it

Hearts lost per touch

No ring	Blue Ring	Red Ring
0.5	0.25	0.125

Pols Voice

10 hit points

Hits to beat it

One arrow beats it, whichever arrow Link has.

Hearts lost per touch

No ring	Blue Ring	Red Ring
2	1	0.5

Like Like

9 hit points

Hits to beat it

Hearts lost per touch

No ring	Blue Ring	Red Ring
1	0.5	0.25

Peahat

2 hit points

Hits to beat it

Hearts lost per touch

No ring	Blue Ring	Red Ring
0.5	0.25	0.125

Blue Keese

0 hit points

Hits to beat it

Hearts lost per touch

No ring	Blue Ring	Red Ring
0.5	0.25	0.125

Red Keese

0 hit points

Hits to beat it

Hearts lost per touch

No ring	Blue Ring	Red Ring
0.5	0.25	0.125

Black Keese

0 hit points

Hits to beat it

Hearts lost per touch

No ring	Blue Ring	Red Ring
0.5	0.25	0.125

Armos

3 hit points

Hits to beat it

Hearts lost per touch

No ring	Blue Ring	Red Ring
1	0.5	0.25

Falling Rocks

Hits to beat it

Hits don't wear it down.

Hearts lost per touch

No ring	Blue Ring	Red Ring
0.5	0.25	0.125

Ghini (Kind 1)

9 hit points

Hits to beat it

Hearts lost per touch

No ring	Blue Ring	Red Ring
1	0.5	0.25

Ghini (Kind 2)

Hits to beat it

Hits don't wear it down.

Hearts lost per touch

No ring	Blue Ring	Red Ring
1	0.5	0.25

Blue Wizzrobe

10 hit points

Hits to beat it

Hearts lost per touch

No ring	Blue Ring	Red Ring
2	1	0.5

Red Wizzrobe

4 hit points

Hits to beat it

Hearts lost per touch

No ring	Blue Ring	Red Ring
1	0.5	0.25

Wallmaster

2 hit points

Hits to beat it

Hearts lost per touch

No ring	Blue Ring	Red Ring
0.5	0.25	0.125

Rope

1 hit points

Hits to beat it

Hearts lost per touch

No ring	Blue Ring	Red Ring
0.5	0.25	0.125

Stalfos

2 hit points

Hits to beat it

Hearts lost per touch

No ring	Blue Ring	Red Ring
0.5	0.25	0.125

Bubble

Hits to beat it

Hits don't wear it down.

Hearts lost per touch

Touching it costs no hearts.

Blue Bubble

Hits to beat it

Hits don't wear it down.

Hearts lost per touch

Touching it costs no hearts.

Red Bubble

Hits to beat it

Hits don't wear it down.

Hearts lost per touch

Touching it costs no hearts.

Gibdo

7 hit points

Hits to beat it

Hearts lost per touch

No ring	Blue Ring	Red Ring
2	1	0.5

Dodongo

Hits to beat it

Hits don't wear it down.

Hearts lost per touch

No ring	Blue Ring	Red Ring
1	0.5	0.25

Blue Gohma

6 hit points

Hits to beat it

Wooden SwordNo effect
White SwordNo effect
Magical SwordNo effect
Arrow3
Silver Arrow2
BombsNo effect
Blue CandleNo effect
Red CandleNo effect
BoomerangNo effect
Magical BoomerangNo effect
Magical RodNo effect
Magical Rod (magic)No effect

Only arrows hurt it, and only when they hit its open eye.

Hearts lost per touch

No ring	Blue Ring	Red Ring
2	1	0.5

Red Gohma

2 hit points

Hits to beat it

Wooden SwordNo effect
White SwordNo effect
Magical SwordNo effect
Arrow1
Silver Arrow1
BombsNo effect
Blue CandleNo effect
Red CandleNo effect
BoomerangNo effect
Magical BoomerangNo effect
Magical RodNo effect
Magical Rod (magic)No effect

Only arrows hurt it, and only when they hit its open eye.

Hearts lost per touch

No ring	Blue Ring	Red Ring
2	1	0.5

Digdogger

Hits to beat it

Hits don't wear it down.

Hearts lost per touch

No ring	Blue Ring	Red Ring
2	1	0.5

Lanmola

2 hit points

Hits to beat it

Hearts lost per touch

No ring	Blue Ring	Red Ring
2	1	0.5

Manhandla

4 hit points

Hits to beat it

Hearts lost per touch

No ring	Blue Ring	Red Ring
1	0.5	0.25

Aquamentus

6 hit points

Hits to beat it

Hearts lost per touch

No ring	Blue Ring	Red Ring
1	0.5	0.25

Ganon

Hits to beat it

Hits don't wear it down.

Hearts lost per touch

No ring	Blue Ring	Red Ring
4	2	1

Moldorm

2 hit points

Hits to beat it

Hearts lost per touch

No ring	Blue Ring	Red Ring
0.5	0.25	0.125

Gleeok

10 hit points

Hits to beat it

Hearts lost per touch

No ring	Blue Ring	Red Ring
1	0.5	0.25

Patra

11 hit points

Hits to beat it

Wooden Sword11
White Sword6
Magical Sword3
ArrowNo effect
Silver ArrowNo effect
BombsNo effect
Blue CandleNo effect
Red CandleNo effect
BoomerangNo effect
Magical BoomerangNo effect
Magical Rod6
Magical Rod (magic)No effect

Hearts lost per touch

No ring	Blue Ring	Red Ring
2	1	0.5

Weapon strength

Hit points taken off by one hit.

Special rules

The beam a sword shoots while Link's hearts are full hits as hard as the sword itself.
Once Link has the Book of Magic, the magic from the Magical Rod burns with fire too.
The boomerangs only stop enemies for a moment, but they beat enemies with no hit points, such as the Keese and the Gel.
Red Darknut, Blue Darknut: Its shield blocks hits from the front. Hit it from the side or from behind.
Blue Gohma, Red Gohma: Only arrows hurt it, and only when they hit its open eye.
Pols Voice: One arrow beats it, whichever arrow Link has.
The Bubbles, the Falling Rocks, the second kind of Ghini, Dodongo, Digdogger, and Ganon aren't beaten by wearing down their hit points.
Dodongo shuts out every weapon until it swallows a bomb. While it reels from the bomb, the sword gets through.
Only the sword and arrows reach Ganon, and of the arrows only the Silver Arrow counts.